# Continence of Scipio

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## Artwork

- Artist: [REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 240 x 166 cm

## Commentary

Continence of Scipio 1789 Oil on canvas, 240 x 166 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The episode depicted, narrated by Livy and Valerius Maximus, tells of how after the taking of Carthage in 209 BC Scipio had treated with respect a beautiful virgin, one of the hostages who had been consigned to him, and had sent her back to her intended husband and parents with the sole recommendation that her suitor strived for peace between Rome and Carthage.

## Related artworks

- [Admiral Sir Edward Hughes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/admiral-sir-edward-hughes-rf8f111258647d5>)
- [Captain Robert Orme](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/captain-robert-orme-r61a80cb0b0a6db>)
- [Colonel George K. H. Coussmaker, Grenadier Guards](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/colonel-george-k-h-coussmaker-grenadier-guards-r57497c373a04c4>)
- [Commodore Augustus Keppel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/commodore-augustus-keppel-ra11942c7b64306>)
- [Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/cupid-untying-the-zone-of-venus-r3cdf18b90c7bf5>)
- [Francis Rawdon-Hastings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/francis-rawdon-hastings-rfa6cdd60c6bdc2>)
- [General Sir Banastre Tarleton](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/general-sir-banastre-tarleton-rca55fa331104ce>)
- [George Clive and his Family with an Indian Maid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/george-clive-and-his-family-with-an-indian-maid-r772c9334c41f1d>)
- [Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/lady-cockburn-and-her-three-eldest-sons-rb5e7ea71079800>)
- [Lady Elizabeth Delmé and her Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/lady-elizabeth-delm-and-her-children-r547d8f92d03f36>)
- [Lady Sunderlin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/lady-sunderlin-r7391dd482646c1>)
- [Master Hare](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/reynolds-sir-joshua-rcb8646849fa3f4/master-hare-r04b1c948451f6a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)